# Sword of the Stranger (2007)

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**Original title**: *ストレンヂア -無皇刃譚-*
**Runtime**: 103 min
**Genres**: Action, Animation, History
**Directed by**: Masahiro Ando
**Written by**: Fumihiko Takayama
**Starring**: Tomoya Nagase, Yuri Chinen, Koichi Yamadera, Akio Otsuka, Unsho Ishizuka, Mamoru Miyano

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You protect a boy hunted by assassins in feudal Japan, haunted by your past. But a simple job spirals when you realize what they want him for. Ando bleeds the animation style into the sword fights. The movie lingers in its fight choreography.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, epic, neon-soaked, playful

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